Monday, May 30, 2011

Baked Oatmeal

When I saw my friend's post on baked oatmeal, I knew we needed to try it out (everything I've tried from her has been delicious), but I wasn't sure what to expect. Baked oatmeal? Whoa - this stuff is good! The consistency is unique - a bit fluffy, which is a strange description for oatmeal. But we all loved it! My family of four usually eats 2 cups of oatmeal for breakfast, but today we devoured three. It was a bit too sweet for my taste, so I'll reduce the sugar to 1/4 cup next time.

Top with 1 cup of your choice of chopped fruit and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

I went with my friend's favorite and used a chopped apple tossed in 2 tsp sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon. She also suggested cinnamon coated bananas - yum! And a comment made mention of bananas and chocolate chips on top. Now there's a real breakfast treat!

1 comment:

I'm so honored that you enjoyed the baked oatmeal so much. I've even offered to make the kids pancakes, but they'd rather have baked oatmeal. Yes, I think the sugar is a lot. I skip the butter and only use a dab of oil so mine may lose some richness there, but it's still fabulous!

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